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Child criminal exploitation: expert insight videos

Publication date July 2025

Child criminal exploitation is a form of child abuse where a child or young person is forced or coerced to engage in criminal activity. Children who experience criminal exploitation can be exposed to many different types of harms.

This series of expert insight films helps those working and volunteering with children and young people to understand what child criminal exploitation is, recognise the signs and respond effectively.

The five videos have been developed to complement our resources on county lines and child criminal exploitation.

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In this film, experts discuss what child criminal exploitation is and the different forms it might take.

Experts explore the risks involved and the impact on children and young people.

In this film, experts discuss how professionals can recognise child criminal exploitation.

Experts discuss how professionals can support children and families when responding to child criminal exploitation.

In this film, experts consider the steps we can take to prevent child criminal exploitation.

Expert insight videos

Each series of our expert insight videos covers a different topic and tackles the top questions to help you support the babies, children and young people you work or volunteer with.

> View our full range of videos